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- m e to p r e s e n t a p a c k a g e .
It w a s a s i l v e r sp o o n in a b o x .
S till u n d e r th e s p e ll of the a n c ie n t
New O r le a n s of y e s t e r d a y a f te r n o o n - - th e Vieux Carre' - - an d
r e m e m b e r i n g s o m
- Royal Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana
- w a y f r o m H o u s t o n
a n d the d e c i s i o n s w a it in g f o r u s in the new r o o m s .
So a l i t t l e b e f o r e 1 2 : 00 t h e y d r o p p e d m e off.
M r. W ells had
tp r*
a r r i v e d , an d w e w alk ed th ro u g h , c o n g
- a u s e d on
o u r w a y down th o s e h ig h s te p s so the c a m e r a s co uld g e t a p i c t u r e .
o f u s to g eth er is new s.
Six
Arid th e n w e d r o v e on to Abe a n d C a r o l F o r t a s '
h o u s e . . Abe h a d b e e n te llin g
- a e l and J e ff.
M il d r e d , h o w e v e r ,
Bob K in tn e r h a d a r r i v e d
J u n e , v i b r a n t and s lim and two c u te s o n s ,
L i z an d L e s b r o u g h t t h e i r new d a u g h t e r - i n - l a w an d
S co tt, an d C h r i s
- watches home movies; small dinner party; architect chosen for LBJ Library; Poverty programs; photographs by Okamoto; talk with Luci Johnson; Pope's visit to New York; upcoming State of the Union
- and Jim Cain; Johnsons watch news; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Lynda Johnson in Arizona at archeological site
- rove u s around.
A lw ays I lea rn som eth in g new about the d eer.
I'v e n ev e r se e n any so c lo s e w ith the r e a lly fu zzy v e lv e t on th eir
h o r n s.
C la re n ce told us at this sta g e, they w ere a lm o st so ft and
pulpy.
T h ey
- 's new p r o g r a m to a ttr a c t to u r is m .
A t e a c h of the m a jo r e n tr a n c e s o f T e x a s - - fro m A r k a n s a s , /from
O k lah om a,- fr o m L o u is ia n a , fr o m M e x ic o - - a t s e v e n p la c e s - - John h a s
h a d
- le fu lly in n e e d of new f a b r ic s an d c o lo r , v e r y m u c h th e
s te p c h ild o f th e h o u s e b u t y e t th e m o s t u s e d a r e a .
I ta lk e d a b o u t w h at
I lik e d , sh o w ed M r s . B ro w n p ic tu r e s o f th e r o
- a ro u n d w ith m e to s u r v e y th e b e a u tif ic a tio n s ite s
th a t w ill b e th e s u b je c t of o u r c o m m itte e 's m e e tin g on T u e s d a y .
W e g o t o u t in f r o n t of th e new B u ild in g of H is to r y an d T e ch n o lo
- ic t u r e s .
B a c k on the s e c o n d flo o r I took a new grip on lif e , phoned m y
two r e m a in in g h o u s e g u e s t s - - A r c h b is h o p L u c e y and M ayor H a r r y A kin - to w e l c o m e th em .
I w en t in to s e e Lyn,
I
- LBJ & Lady Bird go swimming; LBJ is losing weight; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird's upcoming trip to Texas; Lady Bird selects new clothes; National Medal of Science Award ceremony; LBJ gives speech; photos, receiving line & reception; lunch
- e s m o re u s e fu l o r m o r e fun - - th o se
w hom th e g u e s ts of h o n o r p a r t ic u la r l y w a n t to h a v e .
to t r y to b r in g in new p e o p le to e x p an d o u r f ie ld .
A nd a lw a y s a c h e c k in g
So i t w a s a b o
- 7 - - p a g e 4
a t th e p a r ty k new we w e re c o m in g e x c e p t A v e r e ll a n d M a r ie .
/;
■. .'■■ ' if ;
A v e r e ll s a id "You see, th is j u s t sh o w s th a t/tw o p e o p le w a n t
to k e e p so m e th in g s e c r e t t h
- they had so g e n e r o u sly fu rn ish ed for the W hite
H o u s e --th e Afci»4«" p o rtr a it, the gift o f M r. H irsh h orn , a new Dune an . f e
ch a ir .
We had r e fr e sh m e n ts and I w as back u p sta ir s in about th ir ty -fiv e
m in u tes
- , oddly u n c e r t a i n a f t e r th a t b o u t w ith w h a t e v e r i t
w a s in New Y o r k T u e s d a y m o rn in g .
I a m not u s e d to b ein g s ic k , a n d it
annoys and e m b a r r a s s e s m e.
I l e f t a t n e a r l y 3:00, a n d w e n
- at Giant Food stores; LBJ Library meeting; LBJ & Senator Richard Russell interrupt meeting; Lady Bird bowls; office work; phone calls to houseguests; dinner; LBJ talks about poverty programs; news article about McGeorge Bundy & bombing halt
- Jacqueline Kennedy & Aristotle Onassis to marry; Lady Bird visits with Lyndon Jenkins; LBJ visits with Lyndon Jenkins in Oval Office; LBJ Library meeting about "Life in the White House" exhibit; Lady Bird visits with LBJ at lunch; new portraits
- g r a p h s a n d
c o n g r a t u l a t e d L y n d a on the new b a b y a n d b e a m e d a n d s h o w e r e d u s
w ith g o o d w ill.
A nd I s a w M a r i e S h e p p e l w h o s e h u s b a n d u s e d to
s e r v e in the S e n a te w ith u s
- f i r s t v e r s i o n o f t h e s c r i p t i n th e e a r l y S p r i n g o f ' 6 5
c o lla b o ra tin g w ith L u cia for fa c ts a n d a n e c d o te s a n d m e m o r i e s .
h a d w o r k e d it o v e r f r o m a"new s p a p e r w o m a n ' s
- to Arlington, Virginia, to see Lynda and Chuck Robb's home; At Lynda & Chuck Robb's new home; Lynda tells humorous tale of neighborhood children watching them through the window; photo of Patrick Lyndon Nugent in the newspaper; the Arthur Krims are houseguests
- ; Congressional reception for 1000 people; photographs were taken; receiving line; Lady Bird quotes from Betty Beale news article; LBJ makes speech via telephone to Texas Exes party
- is m o r n in g coat:
"Oh, I 'm s o r r y about th e bad
n e w s th a t th e b u d g et m u s t m e a n to m a n y o f y o u r c o u n tr y m e n ."
(It s e e m s th e new b u d g et h a s im p o s e d fu r th e r ta x e s on b e e r and
c ig a r e t
- for Arthur Goldberg & George Ball; news stories about LBJ-Goldberg rift; LBJ makes speech; Chief Justice Earl Warren swears in George Ball; Ball gives speech; Eve Labouisse talks about Greece; dinner guests; Lady Bird visits with Luci Nugent
- had dinner and then to bed.
The second most important news of the day was that Lynda heard from
Chuck -- her first letter in two weeks -- a short one.
from a mission to find a big stack of mail.
He said he had returned
He had only time to read two
- Lady Bird has hair styled; LBJ & Lady Bird view new LBJ portrait by Madame Shoumatoff; Lady Bird works with staff on framing travel certificates; meeting about dinner for Texas friends; Lady Bird attends stag luncheon with LBJ; Lady Bird names
- f r o m a l l s id e s .
And th ey c a m e from ,
H a g g a r t y a s w e ll a b o u t h i s h a n d lin g of the new s o ffice.
d eserv ed .
W
E v e r y on e 's
And y e t e v e r y one in a p an g o r t h r u s t to w a r d G e o r g e .
w is h
- the p e r io d .
S o m e th in g s I b e g a n to s e e w ith new e y e s .
T he P r e s id e n t ia l
p a p e r s t h e m s e lv e s , g r e y , a n o n y m o u s, b o x a fte r b o x , id e n t ic a lly
bound, h id d en fr o m th e w o r ld on s h e
- to Lewis and Logan ranches; LBJ's Inaugural Address; visit to Federal building in Austin to LBJ's new office; Marie Smith article on Lady Bird
- to r
of the o u tsta n d in g sy m p h o n y o r c h e s t r a of the U n ited S ta te s - New Y o rk o r
B o s to n , I b e lie v e .
T h e n w e d ro v e a r o u n d tow n a n d lo o k e d a t th e o u tsid e of the l i t tle S unday
h o u s e s , St
- n e d h e r little
h e a d f r o m s id e to s id e .
H e r f in g e r s a r e e x t r e m e l y long an d d e lic a te .
I s e e no l i k e n e s s to an y b o d y - - j u s t a new li t t l e p e r s o n in t h i s w o rld .
L y n d o n a n d I
- u s e k e e p i n g . "
O ver and over,
exhibits,
th is the v i s i t o r w ill r e m e m b e r - - the new te c h n iq u e of
th e l o n g l i n e s , b u t w i t h the p e o p l e g o o d n a t u r e d , a n d f o r m e
signing a guest book e v
- r u a r y 25, 1966
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Of a l l the th in g s we th o u g h t m ig h t h a p p en in A la b a m a , th is w ould h a v e
b e e n th e l a s t one.
A nd th e n fin a lly , one c u te la d y le a n e d o v e r a n d s a id , " I 'v e got good
new
